Police Mull Formal Charges, a Rarity in Previous Industrial Disasters

DHAKA, Bangladesh—Three months after the deadly collapse of the Rana Plaza garment complex, authorities here face a key question—whether to charge anyone with a crime in connection with one of the world's worst industrial accidents.

Twenty-one people are being held in jail in connection with the April 24 disaster, which killed more than 1,100 people. But no one has been charged.